Suicide Squad director David Ayer has revealed the first glimpse of Jared Leto in character as The Joker.

Having previously posted a pic of the cast at a script read-through to Twitter, he was called out on aspect - Leto was missing from the line-up which included Margot Robbie, Will Smith, and Cara Delevingne.

However, he then posted a teaser pic of Leto in character as the DC villain in the classic 1988 cover The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland.

The film charts the adventures of a group of supervillains who are recruited to perform dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency.